Questions
Digital wedding invitations, answered
Everything couples ask us before they choose an invitation: how the links work, what guests see on their phones, when save the dates should go out, what it costs and how long it stays online.
Digital and interactive invitations
What these are, how guests receive them, and how they differ from a card or a video.
- How does a digital wedding invitation work?
- A digital wedding invitation is a web page at its own link, which you send to guests instead of posting a card. They tap the link, it opens in whatever browser their phone already has, and they see your invitation — names, dates, venues, photographs, directions — and can RSVP on the same page. There is no app to install, no account to create, and no file to download.
- What is an interactive wedding invitation?
- An interactive invitation is one that responds to the guest rather than simply playing at them. Instead of watching an animation, the guest does something — scratches a gold foil panel, breaks a wax seal, lights a diya, waters a plant, parts a pair of curtains — and your details are revealed in response to that gesture. It is the difference between being shown a card and opening one, and it is why people tend to open these more than once and pass them on.
- How is this different from an animated invitation video?
- A video plays the same way every time and ends; an interactive invitation waits for the guest and then responds. Practically, a video is a file your guests download and scroll past, while an interactive invitation is a permanent link — so if a venue or a timing changes, the link updates and everyone who opens it sees the correct details. Videos also can't take an RSVP.
- Can I send a wedding invitation through WhatsApp?
- Yes — that is how most of these are sent. You share one link in a WhatsApp chat or broadcast, and it expands into a preview card with your design and your names. Guests tap it and the invitation opens straight in WhatsApp's browser. The same link works on Instagram, over email, on a printed card as a QR code, or read aloud over the phone.
- Can guests RSVP through a digital invitation?
- Yes. Guests RSVP in two taps on the invitation itself — no app, no login, no separate form to chase. You choose what else the form asks — food preference, a place to stay, or questions of your own — and receive an organised list of who is coming and how many people they are bringing, which is generally the whole reason couples move away from paper.
- Do guests need an app or an account to open it?
- No. The invitation is an ordinary web page, so any phone, tablet or computer with a browser can open it — including older phones and relatives who are not comfortable installing things. Nothing is downloaded and nothing is signed up for.
- Are digital wedding invitations acceptable for Indian weddings?
- They are now completely ordinary, and most couples use both. The common pattern is a printed card for elders and close family, and a digital invitation as the link that actually gets shared — in family WhatsApp groups, with friends abroad, and printed as a QR code on the physical card so the two work together rather than competing.
Save the dates
Timing, wording and what belongs on one.
- When should save the dates be sent?
- Six to eight months before the wedding for most weddings, and eight to twelve months if guests are travelling internationally or the wedding falls in a peak season when flights and hotels sell out. The purpose is to reach people while they can still take leave and book travel — the full invitation follows later with the actual details.
- What should a save the date include?
- Both your names, the date, and the city — that is genuinely all that is required. A save the date is an announcement, not an invitation: it should not carry timings, dress codes, or a guest list, and it should not ask for an RSVP. Adding "invitation to follow" is enough to set the expectation.
- What is a digital save the date?
- A digital save the date is a single web page, at its own link, holding one announcement: your names, your date, your city. Ours are built as one interactive moment — the guest scratches, opens, lifts or lights something, and the date is revealed — so it takes about ten seconds to experience and tends to be remembered and forwarded.
- Is a save the date the same as an invitation?
- No. A save the date asks people to hold the day; the invitation, sent later, gives them everything they need to attend — ceremony timings, venues, dress code, travel and the RSVP. Everyone who receives a save the date must also receive an invitation.
Buying and personalising
How it works, from choosing a design to sharing it with your guests.
- How do I get an invitation?
- Choose a design, select Make it yours and pay once. It opens in your account, where you add your names, date, celebrations, venues and photographs by tapping the invitation itself. When it looks right, you publish it at your own link and share it with your guests.
- Are these templates we fill in?
- They are finished designs, shown live so you can experience them rather than imagine them. You change everything that makes it your wedding: names, families, photographs, every celebration and venue, your story, your song, the palette and the questions guests answer. The layout, spacing and choreography stay as designed, so it looks as good with your details as it does here.
- What if we'd rather not do it ourselves?
- Message our studio on Instagram or by email with the design you love and your details, and we'll personalise it for you and send back a private link to review. For a design made from a blank page for your wedding alone, ask about Bespoke.
Your wedding website
The questions couples ask us most often once they have decided.
- Isn't a PDF on WhatsApp enough?
- A PDF shares the date, then gets muted by evening. This one they unseal, explore and reply to.
- When should we send it?
- Save the dates 4–6 months ahead, earlier for a destination wedding. The invitation 6–8 weeks before.
- What exactly do we get?
- Your own copy of the design: your names, celebrations, venues, photographs and song, at your own link.
- Do we need any design skills?
- No. Tap any word or photograph to change it. Most couples finish in an evening.
- How much does it cost?
- One price per design, paid once, everything included. No subscription.
- How long does our invitation stay online?
- Until at least one month after your wedding.
- Can we change things after we've shared it?
- Yes, as often as you need. Guests see changes when you publish them.
- How is RSVP handled?
- Guests reply in two taps, per celebration. No app, no login. Replies download as a spreadsheet.
- Will older relatives manage it?
- Yes. It opens straight from WhatsApp. For paper, print the QR code on your card.
- Can some guests see only some of the celebrations?
- Yes. Give a family its own link; it greets them by name and shows only their events.
- How do guests open it?
- One link, like yournames.shufflinginvites.com. WhatsApp, email or a printed QR.
- Is it private?
- Search engines never list it. Add a password, or take it offline anytime.
- Can you make it for us instead?
- Yes. Message our studio with the design you love. For something from scratch, see Bespoke.
Still have a question?
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Ready to see the work? Browse the collection, read how it works, or go deeper in the guides — including when to send save the dates.